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7 Handy Job Interview Tips
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4) Hair. Clean cut, conservative unless you’re looking for work in a rock band.
Since your smile will draw attention to your face and head, this is where you must look most professionally captivating.
5) Wardrobe.
Clean, pressed, well fitting, with conservative color
combinations. You should to be the focus of your interviewer’s attention, not your bright red shirt or blouse.
Subconsciously it’s very difficult to ignore distracting, wild, aggressive colors or patterns.
6) Hands and
Fingernails. I suggest a manicure. Try to put off
changing the oil and filter on your Ferrari™ until AFTER the interview. Dirty petroleum products love to impregnate your nails and skin. Ditto
for painting. Don’t worry about your toenails. You will wear closed toed shoes, right?
7) For the icing on your
cake, which item or part of you do most
interviewers critically examine? Give up? Your shoes. As you approach, a glance at your clean polished shoes conveys a clean, tidy person, a
person who is attentive to detail. Later, when seated, imagine having the interviewer looking at your worn heels with a nice hole in the sole.
Check and polish or buy a new pair of shoes.
For a
robust, confident, first impression, plan, then execute every detail. Most of the planning is
common sense. But it takes serious practice to look and act naturally professional.
By
implementing a first-class first impression you open your job interview with an upper hand. Note that everything you have said up to this point, a hello aside, was
nonverbal!
The instant
you shake hands and exchange pleasantries with the interviewer you are moving into Step 2 of your
job interview process.
Be alert! All conversations are a form of questioning.
The Reality of First 60-Seconds in Your Job
Interview
Some will
argue that this nonverbal phase of a first impression is too short, that there is more to a first impression.
Perhaps.
But
the reality is that by the time you touch hands, mutual opinions have already formed, setting the
tone for those first few minutes if not for the entire interview. And don’t talk to me about “fair”. Look in the mirror and you’ll see
human nature staring back at you. Do you recall your first blind date? Those first nanoseconds where heaven or hell on your
nerves.
Now you
understand why first impressions are critical and why you must make very effort to break the ice in your favor. No second
chance. You must incorporate your first impression training into your job interview techniques.
With
Step 1 behind you, continue with Step 2, “Discover 6 Unusual Tips to Help You Handle Your Job Interview Questions”. This article offers insights
into answering interview questions.
About the Author:
Charles
Ethos is an experienced motivational educator, consultant, and author. For more eye-opening job interview articles with tips on fine-tuning
your job interviewing techniques visit http://www.eyeopeninginterviewtips.com
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